# NTSB OAK65A0055: Piper PA28, N7513W, Hayward, CA, February 13, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: February 13, 1965
- Place: Hayward, CA · HAYWARD, CA
- Location: 37.6688° N, 122.0808° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hayward, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6688&lon=-122.0808&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 7, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 180525
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK65A0055
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK65A0055

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0207  65/2/13  NR.HAYWARD CALIF      PIPER PA28          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 36, 194
        TIME - 2220                    N7513W              PX-  3  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 138 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HAYWARD MUN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PERSONNEL - WEATHER PERSONNEL: INCORRECT WEATHER FORECAST
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - RAIN
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE
        WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  200
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          1 MILE OR LESS                                           DRIZZLE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          FOG                                                       49
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          IFR                                                      VFR
        REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 2/14/65
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7513W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7513W-1965-04-12), registration cancelled 1965-04-12, S/N 28-1429 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28) (registry code 7102801) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Hayward Mun

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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